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Kara
@karalu.bsky.social
Teacher. Reader. Dreamer.

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Thinking about submitting a proposal for BCCE next summer (submissions open Aug 1). Something related to chemistry for all? (I teach to untracked 9th grade) Modeling related? Biochem?

What's everyone else thinking?

#iteachchemistry #chemed
July 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
July 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@theoreticalfun.bsky.social so glad to hear from you at @chemed2025co.bsky.social today. I'm teaching an environmental Microbiology class in HS this year, so this was particularly "just in time" as I think about what to incorporate in my class this year. Thank you!
July 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Seeing @notphlogiston.bsky.social at #chemed2025 reminds me that I should be checking in here more often. I know nothing week be the same as the before times... but if like to reclaim at least a bit of it...
July 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
PTSD is a very real thing and I'm never ging to be done with it, am I?
December 31, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Today is the 3rd anniversary of my husband's passing. It's complicated. There were good times, but neither of us were emotionally healthy for much of our marriage. I have done a lot of work through therapy. But days like this are still hard to navigate.
November 30, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Needed a good binge watch. Decided to try out Nobody Wants This. While it was only 10 30-min episodes (so not a long binge), it definitely hit the spot. So glad season 2 is happening...
November 26, 2024 at 9:32 PM
It's been awhile since I've checked in over here. Should I be checking in more frequently now? 😂
November 16, 2024 at 7:34 PM
This is in the town next to me...a very cool piece of physics history.
A really nice write-up of the discovery and implications of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), including lots of anecdotes from R. Wilson (1 of the 2 discoverers). It's basically impossible to overstate the importance of the CMB for our understanding of cosmology & the Universe's evolution. 🧪🔭
Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began
A half-century ago, a radio telescope in Holmdel, N.J., sent two astronomers 13.8 billion years back in time — and opened a cosmic window that scientists have been peering through ever since.
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2023 at 11:59 PM
One of my first 9th-grade students just posted a photo of her oldest child's first day of middle school. Monday would be Joey's 18th birthday. I think I might be old.
August 10, 2023 at 1:32 AM
This morning I got 20k in. 5k more than last week, and still kept my same pace. Definitely going to meet my time goal.

Will you help me meet my fundraising goal? Let's kick cancer to the curb together. https://mobileacs.org/3qzf9g
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July 29, 2023 at 1:00 PM
It was already too humid/hot for my planned workout this morning. I still ran intervals, but not at the pace originally scheduled. I'll still be better because of it. #everyrunhasapurpose #chicagomarathontraining
July 27, 2023 at 2:24 PM
In previous marathons, my focus was just to finish. This time I have a time goal (13:40 pace to break 6 hours). I'm definitely on track...

#chicagomarathontraining #everyrunhasapurpose
July 22, 2023 at 1:47 PM